An Ugly Doll's Gift Becomes Christmas Joy
Barbara Hawkins recalls a Christmas memory guiding a community project. A couple visits a sick four year old girl named Ann, who finds joy in a doll gifted by the writer's father. The moment captures Christmas as giving, sharing, and love beyond poverty.
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Cluefield Baily Telegraph staff roles listed
The article lists newsroom leaders including Andy Patton Brian Woodson Barbara Hawkins Thomas Colley and executive editors Bill Archer Charles Owens Allen Roberts. It also quotes a biblical verse about choosing the old paths and walking therein.
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McDowell County eyeing NASA museum in former Big Creek High
War leaders plan converting Big Creek High School into a science and NASA museum with aid from Homer Hickam Jr. and a coal miner's museum. A nonprofit will manage grants for preservation as the 1931 building is prepared for the community future including possible small hotel space for ATV riders.
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Snow globe theft snuffs Christmas cheer in Bluefield
Betty Gilley of Bluefield WV laments the theft of a new inflatable Santa snow globe from her yard on Virginia Avenue between 1 30 and 3 30 PM. She notes neighbors’ compliments and vows to keep celebrating Christmas despite the loss, urging the thief to return Santa and wishing all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
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Social Security reform and aging policy through the decades
Marsha Mercer notes how aging policy has featured repeatedly in U S politics from Reagan to Bush and Clinton. She contrasts past task forces with current debates on Social Security private accounts and Medicare funding, highlighting baby boomer aging pressures and the need for geriatric care and elder housing.
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